Posts By Chris Carter

Google has removed the sitelinks demotion feature from Google search console. They recently announced on Google+(Yeah, it’s still alive) that they are taking off the 9-year-old feature in order to “Simplify things”. Google removing the sitelink demotion feature present in Google Webmaster tools is inevitable. They did it because it's unnecessary in today's age of advanced technological interpretation of data.…

Google recently took some time out and clarified a few things through its official blog post with regards to queries and controversies surrounding its autocomplete algorithm searches. According to Google, it has received a number of queries from users wanting to know exactly how the autocomplete algorithm functions. Google’s autocomplete algorithm basically filters out search information related to a person’s…

It’s been over a year since Twitter started testing carousel ads to support multiple app install ads on the platform. But now it seems like the company's experimenting with a carousels ads format that incorporates normal tweets from users. Unlike Google’s, Facebook's and Instagram's carousel ad format, Twitter's new carousel ad format comprises of an array of tweets that include…

After testing a new format for Text Ads, Google reportedly will be rolling out lengthy text ads in SERPs across all the devices, by the end of this year. Removing the ads on the right-side trail has allowed Google to be more flexible with the display of text ads, meaning more characters which look the same across all devices. The…

Now, it's no longer a tedious and cumbersome task to track the combined visibility of multiple online properties such as the mobile site, desktop site and the mobile app. The reason being, Google recently introduced a new feature called property sets that enables you to group multiple Google properties (including both apps and sites) to get a collective insight of…

Google's now providing site owners with an opportunity not only to stand out in search results, but also to attract more targeted traffic to their sites. The reason being, Google recently introduced a new section to Google Search Console called “Rich Cards”. This section will display data related to Rich Snippets, App Indexing, AMP, schema and other ways through which…

As per recent reports, Google's done rolling out the next installment of 2015 mobile-friendly update. Google's own webmaster, John Mueller went on to confirm these reports through his Twitter handle saying, “The mobile changes mentioned here are now fully rolled out.” FYI The mobile changes mentioned here are now fully rolled out. https://t.co/fTB3ia6LJ2 — John Mueller (@JohnMu) May 12, 2016…

At the Search Insider Summit last week, Microsoft's representatives officially announced that voice enabled searches contribute to nearly 25% of all searches that are made on Bing's search platform. Not only that, voice-enabled searches also tend to be a bit longer, in terms of number of words per query. It usually comes up to 6-10 words as compared to the…

Over the past few months, Facebook owned WhatsApp reportedly went on to add a lot of new features, including end-to-end encryption of messages and file sharing support on its platform. According to latest reports, the popular instant messaging service may add some more features to its existing array of services. According to latest reports by Android Police, the instant messaging…